Assistant Principal

Camps, Tours & Excursions

Link: Camps-Tours-and-Excursions-Policy.pdf (elthamhs.vic.edu.au)

Camps, excursions, tours, and incursions are an integral part of the school curriculum as they enable students to explore, extend, and enrich their learning and social skills development in a non-school setting.

Our Camps, Tours & Excursions policy is intended to complement the Department’s policy and guidelines on excursions, camps and adventure activities which all Victorian government schools are required to follow. Eltham High School will follow both this policy, as well as the Department’s policy and guidelines when planning for and conducting these activities.

Child Safety and Wellbeing at Eltham High School: Information for Families and the School Community

Link: Child Safety and Wellbeing at Eltham High School

Eltham High School is committed to providing an environment where students are safe and feel safe.

Our child safety framework https://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au/policies-child-safety/ explains how we support and maintain child safety and wellbeing at Eltham High School. It includes our:

• Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy

• Child Safety Reporting and Responding Obligations Procedures, and

• Child Safety Code of Conduct, which outlines acceptable and unacceptable behaviours for all staff and volunteers at our school.

Our students and families are important partners in providing a child safe environment. These regular newsletter reminders are one of the ways we ensure our school community is aware of:

• our commitment to child safety, and

• how to provide feedback or raise child safety concerns.

If you have any concerns about child safety at any time, please contact Darren Squires on darren.squires@education.vic.gov.au  Any child safety complaints or concerns are treated seriously. For more information about our school’s complaints process, see our Complaints policy available at https://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au/policies-child-safety/.

We also welcome your ideas on ways we can improve our approach to child safety and wellbeing. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact Fran Mullins at fran.mullins@education.vic.gov.au/.

Yard Duty and Supervision

Student safety at Eltham High School is our highest priority and the safe and appropriate supervision of students is an important element of our duty of care to students. Part of this duty is ensuring parents and students are aware of our student supervision arrangements before and after school.

Before School: School grounds are supervised at 8:49am, with supervision provided at entries to the school from Withers Way and Ely Street.

After School: School grounds are supervised after school from the end of the school day until 3:24pm. Again, the supervision points are placed at the exits to the school at Withers Way and Ely Street.

Students on school grounds outside these times will not be supervised unless they are attending a supervised extracurricular activity. Parents/carers are requested to ensure that students do not attend school outside of these supervised times unless they are attending a pre-arranged supervised activity (i.e. Music, Drama and Sports programs).

Families are encouraged to contact Fran Mullins at fran.mullins@education.vic.gov.au for more information about the before and after school care facilities available to our school community or if you would like any further information about our student supervision arrangements.

For a copy of our school’s Yard Duty and Supervision Policy please contact the General Office. This policy includes Eltham High School’s student supervision arrangements across the school day, including before and after school.

FRAN MULLINS, Assistant Principal